Month: December 2022

31 Dec 2022

How F1’s new practice rule allowed more rookies to shine in 2022

The new regulation meant teams were obliged to give two free practice sessions per season to a driver who had not yet competed in more than two grands prix. As teams fulfilled this requirement, a total of ten ‘rookies’ who had not taken part in a race got their opportunity to run in practice. There was also […]

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31 Dec 2022

Why F1 world titles haven’t changed Verstappen

The Red Bull driver said at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix that whether he won or lost his epic fight with Hamilton and the Briton’s Mercedes squad, he would be satisfied with the outcome. Over one year on, where there is evidence to both suggest his 2021 triumph did alter Verstappen’s approaching to racing Ferrari’s Charles […]

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30 Dec 2022

Water pump revamp to address Renault F1 engine's reliability woe

While Alpine made good progress in speed terms in 2022, as it emerged as best-of-the-rest behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, it did endure a spate of frustrating retirements too. Those DNFs left Fernando Alonso particularly annoyed, especially as a run of engine failures ran almost all the way to the end of the season. Speaking after […]

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30 Dec 2022

How Red Bull unlocked dominance from its RB18

Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker. From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to […]

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30 Dec 2022

Sixth seemed "best scenario" for Alfa Romeo after F1 shakedown struggles

The team secured its best constructors’ championship finish since 2012 by holding on to sixth place ahead of Aston Martin at the final race of the season despite finishing tied on points. Alfa Romeo took sixth on countback thanks to Valtteri Bottas’s fifth-place finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April, which was a better […]

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30 Dec 2022

Why Williams F1's other racing team is one of the busiest in motorsport

Who can forget its entry in the British Touring Car Championship in the late 1990s, with the team central to the boom years of Super Touring.  Then there was the role that Williams played in developing some iconic motorsport machinery – including the Metro 6R4 Group B rally car and the Le Mans-winning BMW V12 LMR. But […]

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30 Dec 2022

Ocon doubts Gasly will need much help getting up to speed at Alpine

Gasly will join Alpine next year after spending the entirety of his racing career to date under the Red Bull umbrella, with the majority of his time in F1 coming at its AlphaTauri team.The move will see Gasly replace two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso, who signed for Aston Martin at the end of July.Ocon […]

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30 Dec 2022

Autosport Podcast: 2022 F1 season review

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29 Dec 2022

Haas F1 form "a bit of a mystery" at times in 2022, says Steiner

Haas bounced back from a point-less 2021 to finish eighth in this year’s constructors’ championship, enjoying highs through Kevin Magnussen’s fifth place in Bahrain and his shock pole position in Brazil.Magnussen’s result in Bahrain came despite his late return to the team following the exit of Nikita Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali after the opening […]

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29 Dec 2022

F1's top 10 one-hit wonders

Excluding the anomalous Indianapolis 500, 26 drivers have taken a single world championship F1 success. Some of those drivers should have won many more races, while others got on the list through good fortune or an outstanding performance.Here is our pick of F1’s top 10 one-hit wonders, based on their drives to victory, the circumstances […]

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